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...housewives are our mothers, the novel's Harvard group are our sisters. They partially escape the kitchen, but only partially. The rare husband willing to help wash dishes expects constant and eternal gratitude in return...
...President and congressional leaders. "At first there was a reserve; everyone was taking each other's measure. Now these meetings are very pointed, very frank. Wisecracks flow back and forth, and it's all in the family." Adds Brademas about the President: "He's learning that the left hand washes the right hand and they both wash the face...
...Well, not quite. They do have their differences, and serious ones. Two weeks ago, the White House indicated that further tightening of the money supply by the Federal Reserve might endanger the U.S. economic recovery. Last week Burns replied somewhat testily. In a speech at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., he said he had no intention of "letting the money supply grow at a rate that will fuel the fires of inflation." He added that unless Government policies shift to bolster business confidence, unemployment may remain high, and the economy could soon slip into another recession...
...chop up the floors, exposing the loot. Then the "mango hunters," as New York cops call them for their practice of reaping a harvest of stolen goods, move in, drag ou the fire-resistant fixtures and sell them -a bathtub is worth $25 on the open market, a wash basin $15. Some areas of New York are being burned systematical!) block by block as frightened resident; move out, slumlords make no move to protect their all but empty-and insured -buildings, and the torches move...
...appeal to my distinguished colleagues to find some basis not to just say, "In the reorganization plan, what we are going to do is wash our hands of this problem [hunger and poverty]--by organization chart we will dump it over here, but in our hearts we know they are not going to do a thing with...